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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1989

DAILY CHARGE FROM $175 TO $195. WHILE A

A DAY.

WITH THE COMPARED

"FOR PRIVATE WARDS IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, THE FOR A SECOND-CLASS BED WILL BE RAISED

$290 BE WILL

CHARGED FIRST-CLASS BED EXISTING RATE OF $260," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

WILL ALSO CHARGES FOR SPECIAL CLASS BEDS IN TSAN YUK HOSPITAL

PER DAY. REPRESENTING AN BE ADJUSTED. THE NEW CHARGES WILL BE $655 INCREASE OF $35 OVER THE EXISTING FEE.

INCLUDE THE AND RADIOLOGICAL THE SPOKESMAN

"THE MAINTENANCE FEES FOR PRIVATE PATIENTS DO NOT COSTS OF MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, SURGICAL OPERATIONS

SEPARATELY. AND OTHER EXAMINATIONS WHICH ARE CHARGED ADDED.

FOR GENERAL

OUT-PATIENT

SERVICES,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID

THE

CHARGE WILL BE $15 PER VISIT INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT $13.

RATE IS $22 PER

FOR SPECIALIST OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, THE NEW ATTENDANCE, AN INCREASE OF $2 OVER THE PRESENT CHARGE.

PSYCHIATRIC

PATIENTS ATTENDING THE GERIATRIC AND WILL HAVE TO PAY $24 PER VISIT INSTEAD OF $21. THE BE APPLIED TO THE COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES.

PATIENTS NOT HOLDING A HONG KONG IDENTITY PASSPORT WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE FULL COST OF PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE

SUCH

PATIENTS

FOR CHARGES GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS WILL RISE TO EXISTING RATE OF $1.065.

DAY CENTRES SAME CHARGE WILL

CARD OR A BRITISH THE MEDICAL SERVICES

PUBLIC

OF WARD STAYING IN $1.235 PER DAY COMPARED ΤΟ THE

CLINICS AND SPECIALIST IF THEY ATTEND AT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT

PER VISIT RESPECTIVELY. CLINICS, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY $80 AND $210 THE EXISTING CHARGES ARE $65 AND $190 PER ATTENDANCE. THE FEES DO INCLUDE DRUGS. X-RAY AND LABORATORY TESTS.

NOT

FOR COMMUNITY NURSING, THE CHARGES FOR THESE PATIENTS

GENERAL NURSING $230 PER VISIT FROM THE EXISTING $210 FOR FROM $660 FOR PSYCHIATRIC NURSING.

WILL BE AND $725

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